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Valerie Hobson et son mari John Profumo Ministre d'État aux Affaires étrangères vu ici à la première de certains l'aiment chaud. 15 Mai 1959 Photo Stock - Alamy
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I knew the real Profumo – and he was nothing like the loathsome, oversexed chancer the BBC would have you believe
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